concessive

[ kuhn-ses-iv ]

adjective

1. tending or serving to concede.
2. Grammar. expressing concession, as the English conjunction though.

Other Words From

• con·cessive·ly adverb
• noncon·cessive adjective
• precon·cessive adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of concessive¹

From the Late Latin word concēssīvus, dating back to 1705–15. See concession, -ive

Example Sentences

The debate on both sides, he feels, has become “slightly less hysterical, a bit more concessive”.

From The Guardian

"Oh!" said Louise, in the concessive tone people use, when they do not know but they have wronged some one.

From Project Gutenberg

The common relations between sentences indicated by conjunctions are coördinative, subordinative, adversative, concessive, and illative.

From Project Gutenberg

Now, the advantage of conferring with this particular master was, that he was not pig-headed on the one hand, nor unduly concessive, as he deemed some of his fellow-tradesmen to be, on the other.

From Project Gutenberg

The most significant difference between the two systems is the use by Lebrija of the term subjunctive in his description of the moods where Rodriguez gives independent status to the conjunctive, conditional, concessive, and potential.

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